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Books That Made Britain

Bristol Sin City

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Book lover and Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney is joined by three authors to explore Bristol, the city that inspired their writing. Books include Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, Melvin Burgess's Junk, Where's My Money by Mike Manson and A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory - well-known works of fiction based on the city's seafaring, slave-trading and contraband past. Show less

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